Contains 57 photos
View east down Geary to Lotta's Fountain, Sheraton Palace Hotel, Chronicle and Monadnock Building (with Eureka Federal Savings). Mun C-Line streetcar #208 with wings livery. Foster's Cafeteria, Schmidt Building, Granville's Jewelers on left, Stag bar on right. Birdcage traffic signal. (Rail service on Lines B & C ended in December 1956)
Downtown / Union Square
View north on Mission from 24th, the Central Realty Building (Lippman Bros Department Store) at left still stands, as do most of the buildings on the west side of Mission.
Mission
View west down Geary across Market from what was then the corner of Annie Street. Lotta's Fountain at center. Muni streetcar PCC #1012. Flannery Building with Dr. Alexander Dentist and The Stag bar, Mutual Savings Bank Building with Citizens Federal Savings branch, Bank of America. On Geary Whittell Building and St. Francis Hotel in distance. KSAY radio sign at right on Schmidt Building, Granville's Jewelers, M.B. Rich optician, Foster's, California Compensaton & Fire Co. with electric sign showing temperature, Livingston's, Owl Drugs. Chronicle Building at far right. 10:05 a.m. on clock at right.
South of Market
View southwest across intersection to Market Street Railway (MSRy) 22-line Streetcar #874 with MSRy service car #021. Calvary Presbyterian Church at Fillmore and Jackson, 2400 Pacific Avenue apartment building (Herman C. Baumann architect, 1932), Victorian at 2609 Fillmore (built 1882) in the background from left.
Pacific Heights
View north on 1st Street toward Mission. Municipal Railway (Muni) C-line Streetcar #638 with wings livery (post-merger renumbered from Market Street Railway #238) entering East Bay Terminal (Transbay Terminal). Shell Building in background. Western Neckwear Co., J.R. Rosenthal & Co. Retail space on northwest corner at background left with ongoing construction and sign "Coffee Shop Opening September 24th". Foster's Cafeteria on right.
South of Market
View looking southwest across Union Square. Dewey Monument at center, St. Francis Hotel at right. Elkan Gunst Building beyond Dewey Monument.
Downtown / Union Square
View north on Church from 30th Street Municipal Railway (Muni) J-line streetcar #1 in service (Muni's first car) with wings livery. Spires of St. Paul's Church, Last Stop cafe in the background left. At right Muni bus with wings livery heads north.
Noe Valley
View northwest to Municipal Railway (Muni) M-line streetcar #153 with wings livery turning into Transbay (East Bay) Terminal. Terminal Luncheonette at left.
South of Market
View west on California from Sansome Street. From right, Bank of California, London & San Francisco Bank Building (completed 1874) at Leidesdorff corner, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building, Financial Center Building (later Omni Hotel), Home Insurance Co. Building (completed 1951), Old St. Mary's Cathedral and Fairmont Hotel. Birdcage traffic signals.
Financial District
View west across Valencia near Cesar Chavez (then Army Street) to St. Luke's 1912 hospital building (chapel wing at left), still standing 2021.
Bernal Heights
View west from center of California toward Sansome, cable car approaching intersection. At right, Bank of California, London and San Francisco Bank, built in 1873-1874 (later Bank of California and American Trust Company) at Leidesdorff, Mercantile Trust Co. Building (1903,Albert Pissis, Architect), Kohl Building. Parrott Block. Streetlamps with multiple globe lights. At left, Merchants Exchange. Notably absent is Insurance Exchange Building (1913).
Financial District
View north across intersection of 22nd and Valencia. Municipal Railway (Muni) 11-Line streetcar #432 (Former MSRy #132 re-numbered #432 in order to avoid confusion with MUNI unit #132) passing Gothic Revival building built 1927 on northeast corner at 3296 22nd Street. Mitch's Drive-In in background right. Birdcage traffic signal.
Mission